惚け

Japanese

Kanji in this term
惚
ぼ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 呆け

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼけ [bòkéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ke̞]

Noun

惚(ぼ)け or 惚(ボ)け • (boke) 

1. a fool; an idiot
   • 1990 June 25 [1990 February 17], George Morikawa, “Round(ラウンド) ５(ファイブ)　1965(せんきゅうひゃく
     ろくしゅうご)年(ねん)のアッパーカット [Round 5: 1965’s Uppercut]”, in はじめの一(いっ)歩(ぽ) THE(ザ) FIGHTING(ファイティング)! [The First Step: The Fighting!], 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 132:

     ボケッと　しとらんで地(ち)下(か)のリングに来(こ)いっ‼さっそく始(はじ)めるぞ！

     Boketto shitorande chika no ringu ni koi'‼ Sassoku hajimeru zo!

     You nimrod! Get your ass outta the daze and to the basement ring!! We’re getting started now!

2. (comedy) a funnyman (character who does or says stupid things and is called out by a straight man)

Derived terms

• 天(てん)然(ねん)惚(ぼ)け (tennenboke)

See also

• 突(つ)っ込(こ)み (tsukkomi, “straight man”)